Martin Crane (bishop) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Martin Crane
Honorific-Suffix:DD
1st Bishop
Diocese:Sandhurst
Enthroned:4 August 1874
Ended:21 October 1901
Predecessor:New diocese
Successor:Stephen Reville, OSA
Ordination:12 August 1841 (Priest) at Perugia, Italy
Consecration:21 September 1874 (Bishop) in St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin
Birth Date:11 October 1818
Birth Place:Bannow, County Wexford, Ireland
Death Place:Victoria, Australia
Nationality:Irish
Religion:Roman Catholic
Occupation:Roman Catholic bishop
Profession:Cleric

Martin Crane OSA, DD (11 October 181821 October 1901),[1] an Irish-born Australian suffragan bishop, was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Sandhurst, serving between 1874 until his death in office in 1901.[2]

Biography

Crane was born in Bannow, County Wexford, Ireland, the son of James Crane, a farmer and his wife, Mary. Together, they had five sons, who all became priests and a sister who became a Carmelite nun.[1]

Crane received his early education at Wexford and joined the Augustinian order at Grantstown and completed his ministerial studies in Rome. Crane was ordained a priest at Perugia, Italy on 12 April 1841 at age 22.[3] He later returned to Ireland.

He was consecrated bishop in St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin on 21 September 1874. He left for Australia the next year and was installed on 16 May 1875. He greatly expanded the Diocese of Sandhurst in Victoria, increasing the number of resident priests and building new schools and churches.

Bishop Crane died on 21 October 1901, aged 83 in Victoria.

Since Crane's death, Shepparton's Notre Dame College have named one of their six houses in his name.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Owens, A. E. . Crane, Martin (1818–1901) . Australian Dictionary of Biography . National Centre of Biography, Australian National University . 4 February 2012 .
  2. Web site: Bishop Martin Crane OSA - Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst . 2011-07-02 . 2011 . Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst . https://web.archive.org/web/20110221021432/http://www.sandhurst.catholic.org.au/past-bishops/bishop-martin-crane-osa.html# . 21 February 2011 . dead .
  3. Web site: Bishop Martin Crane . 2 July 2011 . 2011 . The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church .